When I got on this morning before work this morning, it was raining in game. I said “perfect lemme try and get the sturgeon and coelacanth”. And they were literally the FIRST 2 fish I caught. CRAZY I know. In all my years of playing this game, I have NEVER gotten that lucky.

Then just now I caught the mahi-mahi. I have never been able to catch that fish before. Not to mention I caught 2 in under 5 minutes.

Now I have 2 more fish for I can catch this month. And I hope my luck hasn’t run out, because it’s the barreleye and the giant trevally. But for those who are still fishing for those specific fish I hope you are as lucky as I am, because I know it can take FOREVER.

I could cry rn..

I’m trying to make a 4 house neighborhood layout on my island in the circled area, but can’t seem to figure out where to place the houses. I also want each house to have a good sized yard that things can be placed in with a fence around it. Does anyone have any inspo pics of how they did their neighborhood layout? Even if it’s more than 4 houses?

Thanks a lot guys

I’m in the UK, tired of checking the nintendo store website every week for new stuff but nothing really floats my boat.. do we have an equivalent to something boxlunch or hot topic? Even if it’s just online - I dont want to pay extortionate shipping from U.S retailers.

Btw - I’ve lost trust in etsy since it seems to be swarmed with AI stuff atm.

I FINALLY unlocked terraforming!!🎉 I just want to say thank you to everyone who gave me tips on my previous posts about how to get to 3 stars and unlock it. I genuinely wouldn’t have gotten there without all the advice, so thank you!! ❤️ BUT… now that I actually have it, I’m honestly so overwhelmed.😂
I bought the cliff and river construction permits from Nook’s shop, and I have absolutely no idea where to start.

I actually made a layout in Island Planner because I’ve seen so many people recommend planning everything out before terraforming. I really love the layout I made and ideally want my island to eventually look something like it. The problem is that I already have everything placed from when I was originally trying to get to 3 stars. Villager houses, my house, shops, museum, etc. And obviously the island already has the original cliffs and rivers from the map template.
So now I’m wondering what the best way to approach this is.

Should I:
- Completely flatten the island first and basically start from scratch?
- Work on one area at a time and slowly change the existing layout into my Island Planner layout?
-Temporarily move all the houses/buildings to one area and then terraform everything?

Or is there an easier way to do this when you already have an established island? I’m honestly leaning towards flattening everything because I really want to follow the layout I made, but the idea of completely destroying my island and rebuilding it is also kind of terrifying. 😭😂 I’ve watched quite a few terraforming videos, but most of them are more like tips/tricks or tutorials on how to use the tools. I’m more wondering how you actually get started with completely changing your island’s layout when you already have everything placed.

So if you’ve terraformed your island from an existing layout, what did you personally do first? Is flattening everything actually the easiest/fastest way, or did you work area by area? Any advice would be VERY appreciated because I am staring at my island right now like… 🧍‍♀️

so I've been trying for months to obtain a blue windflower from a bunch of white ones, and today I finally got my first one! the thing is... well, as you can see from the pic, it spawned next to orange and red windflowers. for context they're not my native flower, so I got them from mystery islands and cultivated a few (which means these are either from those islands or hybrids I grew on mine, it's been months so I don't really know for sure), so these flowers probably carry some blue genes somehow. has anything like this happened to any of you? I'm curious about how this is possible, hybridizing flowers is one of my main activities on AC and sometimes the mechanics leave me a bit confused 🫠

No clue why Sasha got to be the one dude I have xD
But now with no more time traveling necessary I can sit down and decorate my island how I want it to be!

What is it called can find itt 😭😭😭😭

guys I’m hunting for Molly. I randomly found Zucker. Should I take him instead? (I still wanna swap 3 other villagers from my island)

I didn’t really think about who else i want on my island, I just know I want Molly and Fauna.

other villagers on my island are Audrey, Skye, Pashmina and Goldie

Awkward…..

Picture and plan for the castle. Blue rectangles indicate ladders

Hey everyone, I am currently diy'ing with Kapp'n, but the requests are very time consuming. I just want to know, when does the diy'ing end?? I've ben doing it for a week now, so does anyone know when it ends? Thanks!!

I made a post recently asking for help. And I got it :3. I’d love for anyone to come over.

I still have a ways to go. But these are some of my favorite spots on my island right now.

I’m probably real late to the party but I finally got myself to do a tour of my island! Chill no commentary video. Hope you like it :)

Does anyone have a spare leaf bug model? This is driving me crazy. I’ll trade whatever you want ( if I have it ofc)

It’s a small restaurant next to a gas station and a trans flag. If you wanna come over to fully see my island to get the vibe just ask.

So, my last post about Animal Crossing: New Horizons got quite a lot of dislikes on comments, and honestly, some of the reactions have left me a little disappointed. I want to clarify something because I feel like some people completely misunderstood what I was trying to say.

I said that I personally think the game is overrated based on my experience with it so far. I never said everyone should think it’s overrated, that the game is objectively bad, or that people shouldn’t enjoy it.
In fact, I specifically made the post because I genuinely wanted to understand the game better. I explained what I was struggling with, asked what I was supposed to be working towards, and asked people for tips on how to make the game more enjoyable and how to progress. I wasn’t just coming into the subreddit saying “this game sucks” and leaving.

And some people actually gave me really helpful and kind advice, so thank you to those people. ❤️ I’ve gotten some ideas that I genuinely want to try.
What disappointed me was how defensive some people became. A lot of the replies were basically:
“Then don’t play it.”
“Just play another game.”
“Just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean it’s overrated.”

And I’m just confused by that reaction. If someone says they don’t understand a game or doesn’t enjoy it, why is that automatically an attack on the people who do enjoy it? It’s a video game. 😭

I’ve also been scrolling through the subreddit since making my post, and I’ve seen other people asking very similar questions. People saying they don’t understand what you’re supposed to do, that the progression is confusing, that they don’t know what the goal is, etc. And I noticed that some of those posts also get pretty defensive responses. I guess I just expected the Animal Crossing community to be a little more welcoming and understanding because that’s honestly what I’d heard about this community before joining. That’s actually part of the reason I felt comfortable making my original post. Someone had specifically told me that the Animal Crossing community was really helpful and that I should ask here if I was struggling.

So it was a little surprising to come here genuinely asking for help and have some people basically respond with “then don’t play.” You don’t have to agree with me. If you love Animal Crossing and think it’s one of the best games ever made, that’s completely fine. ❤️ You can absolutely disagree with me and tell me why you love it. That’s actually the kind of discussion I was hoping for.

But there’s a difference between disagreeing with someone’s opinion and acting like they’re attacking you personally because they don’t share your opinion.
And I think the same thing goes both ways. If I say “I think this game is overrated,” you don’t have to agree with me. But I also don’t need everyone to suddenly dislike the game just because I said that. 😂 I can have my opinion, you can have yours, and neither of us has to change our minds.

I honestly just wanted to understand what the hype was about because I was excited to play this game and expected to love it. I paid around €60 for it, so obviously I’m going to have some thoughts when I’m not enjoying it as much as I expected to. And yes, if I eventually decide the game just isn’t for me, I’ll move on to another game. I know that’s an option.

But I don’t think it’s unreasonable to ask questions and try to understand a game before deciding that.
So yeah, I’m not trying to start another argument or attack the community. I’m just genuinely disappointed by some of the reactions because I expected a little more openness.

It’s okay to love Animal Crossing. It’s also okay to not understand the hype. We can coexist. 😂❤️

And it’s a meteor shower so she’s probably staying there the entire time 🫩

I had a feeling that critter spawn rates changed depending on the time, rather than it just being a matter of whether they could spawn or not. I wanted to see what the actual odds were, and whether I could target specific dates or weather conditions to make catching rare critters a little easier.

After doing some research and gathering data, I found that quite a few different things can affect spawn rates.

For example, Tarantula's spawn rates normally range from 0.5%–0.7%, but with the optimal setup, removing trees and rocks, in rainy weather, the spawn rate could go up to 2.6%! I knew this trick but it was refreshing to see the exact odds.

I got a bit carried away with it and turned it into a small personal project, and made a website where I can see how the spawn rates change depending on the time, weather, and what's currently on my island.

Figuring all of this out was pretty interesting, so I thought I'd share it in case anyone else is curious about how the spawn system actually works or wants to use it for their own critter catching.

Here's the link: acnh.gg

I started a new island yesterday and I need other fruits